Great deal for Panasonic 65GT30?

Is anyone aware of someone offering a great deal for the Panasonic 65 GT30 that has an exchange policy? (Normally the latter isn't a big deal to me, but I'm looking for a little insurance should I get really unlucky and end up with one of the very noticeable "green-blob issue" units).

Just from doing a basic web search I found around $2175 shipped http://www.eastcoasttvs.com/Panasoni.../tcp65gt30.htm and a few vendors in the low-$2200's but they don't appear the sort that would provide a replacement unit.

In comparison Amazon is $2460, almost $300 more. I was already stretching a little past the $2k wife-imposed target budget so Amazon's price is getting into the danger-zone (and would sadden me to pay too as then I'm within a couple hundred of the VT30 deals! )

Thanks!

Unfortunately that price is for the 65ST30 rather than the 65GT30. Amazon's price on the GT is $2460 I think. I could still end up with that if I can't find a better deal from somewhere with a decent return policy, if only it was a little lower I'd just pull the trigger now and be done.

Does Paul's have a bad rap? It's a local chain I hadn't considered actually, I wonder if it's worth seeing if they will price match on the GT30.

I killed two birds with one stone yesterday and dropped by a local Paul's to see the set in person.

There's no good reason I could find to buy from a local Paul's vs. Amazon. 10 day return policy for Paul's vs. 30 for Amazon, and Paul's would at best match Amazon's price (if that). Add in sales-tax and you're paying a lot more and getting less support.

I like the GT30 better than the ST30, for physical aesthetics, the THX mode, and I think it's supposed to have a slightly less reflective/higher contrast screen? In any case this is a long-term (5+ year) purchase so while I would prefer to pay less if some better deals come up, I won't walk away from the 65" GT from Amazon for want of Amazon being $250 more vs. the rock-bottom web vendors.

Having seen the TV, the only thing I'm a little concerned about is brightness (family room w/ windows) and shadow detail. Like other plasma's I've seen in the past (and didn't like for this reason), it seems like darker shadow detail that's apparent on other non-plasma TV's can get lost, and becomes "black"/amorphous on plasma. Hopefully the settings can be adjusted in such a way to overcome this without making the rest of the picture a little washed out..

The only other issue that worries me is burn-in since I have CNBC on for 2 hours a day.